Fairbridge, Kingsley (1885-1924), founded the Fairbridge farming schools in Australia. He was born on May 2, 1885, in Grahamstown, South Africa, and educated at Oxford University, England. In 1909, he formed a society to promote child immigration. He immigrated to Western Australia and began the first farming school at Pinjarra, near Perth, in 1912. Others were established in Bacchus March, Victoria; in Molong, New South Wales; and in Canada. Fairbridge died in Perth on July 19, 1924.